Access a DOM element in Aurelia

Question

How would you go about accessing a DOM element in Aurelia? This is a broad and general question, but I have a feeling there are one or two preferred ways to do this. I have

Answer 1

Typescript version

@transient()
@autoinject
export class ViewModel { 
    myForm: any;
    canDeactivate() {
        var form = this.myForm;
        // do stuffs
    }
}